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The barrel skirt started to replace the wide war crinoline in early 1917, while the war in Europe also became a strain on US trade. The catalog of the New York City department store Stern Brothers & Co. for spring and summer 1917 sold on 68 pages women's suits, afternoon and evening dresses, underwear, shoes, girls' and boys' clothing, household textiles and to a limited extend men's clothing.

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Shoes with Egyptian ornaments, handbags with tooled pharaoh heads and belts made of metal rings brought a touch of the exotic to the Bellas Hess & Co. catalog for fall and winter 1923-24 — another 101 pages from the catalog are now online. The straight silhouette with a low waistline had established itself. Alongside coat dresses, bell sleeves and pleated fabrics, richly embroidered costumes were very much in fashion.

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Pointed skirts or one-sided extensions of the evening dress heralded the return of the feminine fashion line. The Modenschau issue No. 191 for November 1928 featured full six pages of evening wear, with articles on the "Tragic Downfall of Famous Women," Moroccan women "Behind Bars and Veil," and useful tips on "Napkins as Table Decorations."

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In the course of the fall season, the Modenschau issue no. 190 for October 1928 presented a large selection of fall and evening fashions. Although a fundamental change in fashion was still lacking, the skirts of evening dresses were slowly becoming longer again.

Articles in the magazine highlighted "The Bachelorette and Her Home," raved about Dresden, the Saxon "Florence on the Elbe," dared a look at "India's Women's World" or reported on "Wives in the profession."

Another 100 pages from the Bellas Hess & Co. Catalog for fall and winter 1920-21 are now online. Fall fashions in 1920 featured a still high waistline and calf-length skirts, as well as a penchant for extensive embroidery. The widened waistline was popular, achieved by panels of fabric falling loosely at the sides, hoop skirt-like drapery (paniers), protruding pouch-like bouffant fabric, or redingote-style tunics.

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